Gina Scarpete Walters' current research focuses on emotions and metaphors in languages of the Balkans: Modern Greek, Albanian, and Romanian.

Torres is an applied sociolinguist who uses quantitative and qualitative approaches to analyze spoken and written discourses concerning health issues—including policies, medical interactions, opioids, and access inequities.

Falandays' research focuses on building computational models that bridge multiple levels of analysis within cognitive science.

Assistant Teaching Professor of German, School of International Letters and Cultures